Written Ministerial Statements

Tuesday, 23 May 2006

  • House of Lords

    • Courts: Key Performance Indicators

      The following table sets out the key performance targets that have been set for Her Majesty's Courts Service for 2006-07. Relevant PSA Target 2006-07 PSA 1 To improve the delivery of...

    • Eu: Gaerc

      My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (Margaret Beckett), my right honourable friend the Minister for Europe (Geoff Hoon) and Sir John Grant (UK...

      Official Solicitor and Public Trustee

      My noble and learned friend the Lord Chancellor has approved proposals for the Official Solicitor and Public Trustee (OSPT) to retire from the bulk of his existing caseload of trusts and estates...

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Crown Application of the Planning Acts

      The Government, on 17 May, laid before Parliament the statutory instruments subject to the negative resolution procedure required to commence part 7 chapter 1 of the Planning and Compulsory...

  • Constitutional Affairs

    • Her Majesty's Courts Service

      The following table list sets out the key performance targets* that have been set for Her Majesty's Courts Service for 2006-07: Relevant PSA Target 2006-07 PSA 1 To improve the delivery...

  • Education and Skills

    • HE Student Finances

      This announcement covers repayment arrangements for student loans made from September 2006 onwards for borrowers who move abroad after completing their courses. Deferred fee loans will be made...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

  • Health

    • Over-the-Counter Medicines Initiative

      I am pleased to announce that the first report of the Better Regulation of Over-the-counter Medicines Initiative (BROMI) was published today and has been placed in the Library. Copies are...

  • Home Department

    • Deportation and Removal of Foreign Nationals

      I would like to provide an update on the issue of foreign national prisoners. As my predecessor promised, I will set out the latest information I haveon the foreign national prisoners released...

  • International Development

    • Visit to Uganda

      I visited northern Uganda on 15 and 16 May to look at the situation on the ground and to discuss the conflict and other issues affecting our development partnership with President Museveni and...

    • Visit to Somalia

      On 17 May 2006, I visited: Wajid, the United Nations' logistics hub for the drought relief operation in Southern Somalia to which DFID has contributed £12 million; and Baidoa, the temporary...

  • Transport

    • Transport Innovation Fund

      In July 2004 the Secretary of State for transport announced the creation of the Transport Innovation Fund (TIF). The Fund will support: "the costs of smarter, innovative local transport packages...

    • West Coast Route Modernisation

      The Department for Transport have this morning published a progress report describing the substantial amount of work carried out in renewing and upgrading this key railway route, along with the...

What is this?

Written Ministerial Statements were introducted in late 2002 to stop the practice of having “planted” or “inspired” questions designed to elicit Government statements.

They are just that – statements on a particular topic by a Government Minister.

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